School: Cill Díoma (B.) (roll number 6516)
- Location:
- Kildimo, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Scealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0504, Page 027
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- Herbs 140201938The most harmful herbs growing in our farm are, yarrow; watercress; thistles; groundsel; ragworth; foxglove; nightshade; dandelion; nettles; sorrel; bloodweed; bog asphodel; male fern; cactus; chickweed.Some of these herbs are harmful. None of these herbs grows on good land, only ragworth. All the rest of them grow on bad land. All these herbs have a cure. Yarrow when it is boiled, people who have rheumatism when they would drink it, it would cure the rheumatism. Groundsel is a herb that would do birds in a cage and it would cure the pip in turkeys also. Ragworth would cure a sting from a nettle and it would also cure warts in your hands. A nettle is a herb with prickly leaves and it would sting you and ragworth would cure that sting. Cactus is another herb. It has also prickly leaves.Male fern is a herb with long leaves and a short root to it. When it is boiled it would cure fluke in animals. There are small thorns in it and there is a square root to it. You must cut off the root and then boil the rest of it.Chickweed is a herb that would destroy crops. Its flower is yellow and there is a long root to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Mc Keogh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carheeny, Co. Limerick
